#cultural

Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artists #control #cultural #end #fact

What 'multiculturalism' boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture - and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#blame #boils #cannot #culture #down

I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally. ↗

— Wes Craven

#color #culturally #else #fans #i

Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art. ↗

— Alan Dean Foster

#art #become #better #characters #considerably

The real problems are cultural. The problems of the people who take drugs as a cultural trap - I think there's a real problem there, the crack stuff, the hopelessness of the junkie. The urban angst. ↗

— Jerry Garcia

#crack #cultural #hopelessness #i #i think

Being in a multicultural environment in childhood is going to give you intuition, reflexes and instincts. You may acquire basic responsiveness later on, but it's never going to be as spontaneous as when you have been bathing in this environment during childhood. ↗

— Carlos Ghosn

#basic #bathing #been #being #childhood

What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

#black #come #conditions #cultural #exploitation

You are the most powerful cultural force in the world. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#force #most #most powerful #powerful #world

I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#cultural #i #inner #instinctive #linked

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society. ↗

— Jack Kingston

#cannot #cultural #good #influence #marriage